NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Sunday Playbook

Published: Dec 21, 2025

Happy Sunday, December 21st, we have a 4-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and on FanDuel.

We have four games across the NBA on today's main slate on both DraftKings and FanDuel! Unity! Would ya look at that. The news we're going to need to sift through is mainly for the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat. We have the most important questionable tags in those games with Andrew Wiggins, Davion Mitchell, and Jakob Poeltl.

Before actually diving into the meat and potatoes, welcome to the NBA DFS season. If this is your first time reading our column on NBA DFS picks, I just want to welcome you and give you a few tips and tricks on what you should be looking for each night.

News outlets: reliable sources that give us injury news & starting lineups
Pace of play: who's playing fast vs. who's playing slow. Which teams get a pace-up spot (more possessions) vs. pace-down (fewer possessions)
Usage rates: is a percentage of how many plays that player is being used in
NBA DFS Projections
Lineup Generator
NBA Ownership

NBA DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, December 21st

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Pre/Post-Lock Update

This section will be used for anything that changes from the morning until right up to roster lock.

Injury updates, players we’re higher on than we were in the morning and so much more.

All status updates after contest roster lock will be made in the Fantasy Alarm Discord: https://discord.gg/2yATJxXe8G

Adding Nic Claxton & Will Riley to core plays. Both are solid options.

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 12/21

Giannis Antetokounmpo - OUT
Tyler Herro - OUT
Cam Thomas - OUT
RJ Barrett - OUT
Alex Sarr - OUT
Andrew Wiggins - IN
Davion Mitchell - IN
Jakob Poeltl - QUEST (expected to play)
Marvin Bagley - OUT
Bilal Coulibaly - OUT
Khris Middleton - OUT
Miles McBride - OUT
Corey Kispert - OUT
Pelle Larsson - OUT
Mike Conley - IN
Drake Powell - OUT
Cam Whitmore - OUT

NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews

In the section below, I’m listing the most notable things we need to look at in Las Vegas, including notable O/U and spreads. Not every game is listed, but every game listed has the pace and defensive numbers listed.

NBA DFS Core Player Pool & Lineup Picks

Here are the core players I’m looking at for my NBA DFS picks tonight. You can see the full analysis of tonight’s NBA DFS projections and player pool below or skip ahead to building the best lineups possible by locking these into the aforementioned lineup generator now.

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